Affiliations: [a] Research and Development, Xpertmindz Innovative Solutions Private Limited, Kuzhithurai, Tamil Nadu, India | [b] Mechanical Department, G Pullaiah College of Engineering and Technology Kurnool, India | [c] Department of Aerospace Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu, India | [d] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur, India
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Corresponding author: P. Rajesh, Research and Development, Xpertmindz Innovative Solutions Private Limited, Kuzhithurai, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: rajeshkannan.mt@gmail.com.
Abstract: This manuscript proposes an optimization method for power production and fresh-water using renewable sources with thermal energy storage (TES). The proposed method is the fire hawk optimization (FHO) method. The objective of the proposed method is to find better thermal efficiency. The waste heat in the steam power plant is converted to fresh water using the multi-effect desalination method. The cost of freshwater strongly depends on solar-electricity cost and displays a significant variation because of the variable solar availability state. The integrated structure using thermodynamics is examined by Exergy analysis. Heat exchangers and collectors are related to the energy efficiency of the total integrated structure and the equipment’s highest share of energy destruction. The FHO method is implemented in MATLAB and its execution is calculated with existing approaches. The thermal efficiency in solar collectors is 80% and it is better than existing methods.
Keywords: Solar thermal power plant, exergy analysis, thermocline, rankine cycle, heat storage
